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12 arrested in raid on Internet betting ring
A sports gambling ring that involved players in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties made millions of dollars off illegal bets over the past eight years, according to authorities.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 12th Jan 2007 23:16 UTC
"While the eyes of the IT world have spent years squinting to see Microsoft's slowly unfolding vistas, the companies and individuals that drive open source have been steadily building a case for broader adoption of Linux-based operating systems . Two of the best all-around Linux distributions to emerge from this process are OpenSUSE 10.2 and Ubuntu 6.10, both of which bundle together the best of ...
OS News |
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Team PHRED wins game contest
A six-student team from Philomath High School recently won first place in a statewide contest to create the best computer game.
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Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data
Sat, May 24, 2008 (12:02 a.m.) Google Inc.'s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking hierarchy.
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Texting Grandma: Technology has changed the way families communicate, but more isn't always better
Kevin Skinner, a freelance sports producer, travels 300 days a year. To keep in touch with his parents in Los Angeles, a sister in Cleveland and another in Dublin, he uses his laptop, a camera and Skype software to beam his image and voice into his relatives' homes.
Miami Herald |
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Vid game exercises more than the thumbs
This morning I huffed and I puffed and I sweated the house down. Yet, when I stepped off the elliptical machine, the display flashed a depressing message.
Miami Herald |
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Howrey LLP Switches Out G2 and DictaNet in Favour of BigHand Digital Dictation
BigHand has today announced that the highly ranked global law firm Howrey LLP, is switching out its G2 and DictaNet dictation systems in London and Munich respectively, in favour of the 'Best of Breed' award-winning BigHand3 digital dictation workflow system. BigHand software will enable Howrey to centralise its dictation infrastructure, and deploy to European and US offices as and when required.
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Former 'Superman' flies to new heights
Despite an Internet rumor, Superman isn't afraid to fly.
Ventura County Star |
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Yahoo! delays meeting to avoid showdown
The internet company Yahoo! has postponed its annual meeting as it grapples with the prospect of a shareholder rebellion in which as many as 30 candidates may try their luck in getting elected to its board of directors.
Mail and Guardian |
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RFK remark becomes news story
It wasn't just what she said, but how it blossomed into the story of the day - all at the speed of light. Hillary Clinton referred to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in an interview Friday with the Argus Leader editorial board when discussing why she plans to stay in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The interview was live on the newspaper's Web site, and Clinton's ...
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Top Selling Agents Share Their Secrets to Real Estate Success
In the Secrets of Top Selling Agents Webinar series, sponsored by NUMBER1EXPERT™, Top Selling Agents discuss their methods for success in today's real estate market and answer questions from the online audience.
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Quixtar North America / Amway Global Leads Online Health & Beauty Sales for Fifth Consecutive Year - Internet Retailer
Quixtar North America / Amway Global Independent Business Owners have once again propelled the company to the top spot in online Health & Beauty (H&B) sales. According to Internet Retailer's annual Top 500 Guide to the web, the company is ranked first in the Health & Beauty category for the fifth consecutive year and 26th in overall web sales
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PeekaCity Adds Google's Street View
Peekacity.com, Chicago's leader in web-based amenity mapping software for the real estate industry, is the first real estate amenity mapping software to add Google's Street View.
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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TripTouch Launches the 'Ultimate' Travel Widget
TripTouch is launching their travel widget for Netvibes and iGoogle, which features updated local information and services for more than 5,000 destinations worldwide.
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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MF Digital Announces the Introduction of the 5000 Series USB Duplication Line
MF Digital, an industry leader in Optical Disc Solutions, launches new USB Duplication product line to address the growing demand for the universal USB storage format.
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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School's graduation to be online
If you know someone graduating next week from Franklin Central High School, you'll be able to take a seat in the audience and watch the commencement ceremony -- even if you're several states or half a world away.
The Indianapolis Star |
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Task force attacks porn
Dave White, a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children task force, on Friday smashes computers and computer discs seized from people convicted on child pornography charges.
Deseret Morning News |
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Recent Original Stories
SuperFetch, a new feature of Windows Vista, is designed to intelligently manage memory pages to keep the system responsive even after running background tasks that take a lot of memory.
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Jan 2006 16:43 UTC, submitted by Anonymous
David Reveman has made the latest XGL source code available to download. This comes a few weeks after development of the project was criticised for being done 'behind closed doors'.
New Mobile Computing |
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THORN: Great escapes on the way
As I was working on this special issue, it occurred to me that the world is divided into two camps: those who will read every word of today's political books story and those who will head straight to their computers to fire off a nasty e-mail.
Rocky Mountain News |
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Google, Chevron aim to beat coal with solar
Along a dusty two-lane highway in California's Mojave Desert, 550,000 mirrors point skyward to make steam for electricity.
Deseret Morning News |
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Habitat loses auction for Booker T. house
A house seized by drug agents last year in Eau Gallie's Booker T. Washington neighborhood sold for $60,000 in an online auction. No bidders met the minimum bid during two previous auctions earlier this year.
Florida Today |
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Computer-design programs aren't difficult, but tricky
Learning consumer computer-design programs isn't particularly hard, but it's not always easy, either.
Florida Today |
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'Overrated' blogger ID'd
The identity of the snarky voice behind the popular blog Ann Arbor is Overrated has been a mystery for the past six years. Speculate no longer.
The Ann Arbor News |
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Man arrested in Internet sting
A Norwalk man was arrested yesterday and charged with having sexually explicit conversations over the Internet with an undercover police officer he believed to be a 14-year-old girl.
Norwalk Advocate |
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